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wooingly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From wooing + -ly.

  1. In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness or seduction.

    Smells wooingly here; no jutty, frieze,

    "Yes," I cried, startled at her candor, "to win your love." Hope slowly rekindled within my breast, and then with half-closed eyes, and wooingly, she said: "No drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul."